As we announced couple of days ago, NVidia unveiled a new chipset derived from the GeForce 9400M and dedicated to Intel ATOM CPU. This product should be named ion and NVidia already presented impressive design references:
Despite its small size, the motherboard will include:
It will support single and dual core ATOM CPU, and the GeForce chipset will be able to manage all outputs, while providing video streaming hardware decoding.
If the ATOM CPU might be a bit limited to power a Mac mini, we would not be surprised if Apple would use this architecture for the new Apple TV, boosting performance while reducing the volume of the hardware (and manufacturing cost). This reference motherboard might also be used in a ATOM-powered ultra portable MacBook
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